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Sustainability in Built Environment
—Dr. Dave Tilley

Buildings consume a large portion of a developed nation’s total energy consumption, use vast amounts of renewable and non-renewable materials, and offer new opportunities for providing green space in urban areas. This course will explore how buildings and their environment can be made more sustainable by focusing on lowering their energy and material consumption and re-connecting them to the natural environment.

In this course, students will learn the fundamental materials and methods used to construct green buildings, the impact of buildings on their local and global environment, the basic tenets of sustainable construction, tools and certification systems for green buildings, and the economics of green buildings.

Career Paths:
Students will be able to pursue a number of careers in green design, with the U.S. Green Building Council or as a LEED AP. Furthermore, adequately qualified students will be able to leverage what they learn as part of this course in the pursuit of urban and rural planning positions.

Faculty Biodata:
Dr. David Tilley is an Associate Professor of Ecological Engineering at University of Maryland, US. Dr. Tilley is also President of the International Society for the Advancement of Emergy Research, which was formed in 2008. Dr. Tilley teaches graduate courses and performs research in the theory and application of embodied energy (i.e., emergy) analysis.He received his Ph.D. and masters degrees from the University of Florida's Environmental Engineering Sciences program in 1999.